Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The C/V finder is your best bet. There is no way in working around not having a finder for the 21mm. I have a chrome metal finder for my chrome 21 C/V. I can buy 2 lenses, with finders, for what they're going for these days. Best, S.d. On Jun 2, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Peter Cheyne wrote: >> Hello, I bought a 21 mm Voigtlaender from Robert Brown in England >> for about 300 GBP. I bought online, so I didn't realize it >> wouldn't come with a viewfinder. > Now hunting for a viewfinder, I find they cost about the same as > the lens itself, sometimes more. I've shot a few rolls using the > lens with is sometimes, but can't get an intuitive hang of quite > how wide it is. > > I don't want to spend the same money as the lens for a finder. > Does anyone have any opinion on whether cutting an aperture in a > piece of card and holding it at a certain distance would be a > usable idea? Perhaps I'm being too cheap and there is no way > around buying a viewfinder. Any ideas? > > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information